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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: What is a 6-pounder gun?
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Date: 14 Jun 89 03:26:34 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>and some went overboard, in extreme cases equipping ships
>entirely with carronades.  this rendered them extremely
>vulnerable to stand-off gunfire tactics when attacked by
>ships armed with longer guns.

Assuming, of course, that the ships with longer guns could hit the broad
side of a barn, which wasn't common.